Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud HATCH OUT. [View All]

[Tyler Durden]

Robert Graves wrote a series of novelizations of the life of Tiberius Germanicus Claudius Caesar, made into a fabulous BBC series under the name of the first of his novels, "I, Claudius."

Many here are familiar with these works, and the underlying theme that evil is so pervasive that it must be allowed to completely sicken a group or nation before effective change will occur.

We're almost there.

Caligula II, AKA the Pig Bush, will, thanks to his lackeys and fellow travelers, completely destroy any moral High Ground once held by the Nation. With the advent of his Torture Initiative, I firmly believe we have reached a tipping point, and the fall will be on one side of the wall or the other.

The question remains, will a fall on the "moral" side of the wall STOP the eventual release of all the "...poisons in the mud..."? At best, I'm not sure, and at worst I not only don't think so but I believe in my heart of hearts that it shouldn't stop the decline.

We in this country have become a modern anachronism: Imperialists with no colonies to conquer. This is worse than bad, it's pathetic. We wander the earth like the "Road Warrior," searching for fuel and shooting all who oppose us. And like the Road Warrior we are doomed in the end by our own thirsts and follies of action.

When we have become our own worst enemy, with the poor nations of the world still using our failed economic models as their guidelines for future success, perhaps we SHOULD fail. I don't wish the chaos that will follow on the most dispicable of my enemies, but I no longer feel that we should succeed.

Maybe our legacy is now to serve as a "bad example" for others not to follow.